Design and fabrication of a grating light modular for use in wavelength-selective switching systems /

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2013

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Pothisorn, Araya,

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A grating light modulator (GLM) is a micro sized diffractive element of thin long bendable ribbons fabricated on a silicon substrate. GLM arrays are used and integrated in display applications and communication links because they are simple to fabricate, and offer rapid switching. Using microelectromechanical system (MEMS) technology, a GLM can be easily fabricated utilising complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) processes. The purpose of this research is to fabricate a GLM that can be integrated into a wavelength-selective switching system to employ the ability to simultaneously de-multiplexing and switching an optical signal. Unlike typical MEMS optical switches, micromirrors will not be used in this system, the switching time solely depends on the GLM switching speed.

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University of South Australia. School of Electrical and Information Engineering.
School of Electrical and Information Engineering.

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Thesis (Masters by Research(Electrical and Information Engineering))--University of South Australia, 2013.

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Copyright 2013 Araya Pothisorn.

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1 ethesis (145 pages) :
illustrations (some colour).
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-114)

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